The ’Birds will be looking to win their seventh straight U Sports national title.
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“There were a couple of challenges for the girls in this game,” said UBC Head Coach Doug Reimer. “We’ve got people coming off from injuries, so I think mentally it was hard for us to play well for a long time in the third day [of the tournament].”
The win puts UBC to a 2-1-1 record in the Vancouver Men’s Field Hockey League. Next up, the T-Birds have another home game against the Vancouver Hawks at noon on October 21.
At the top of the Pacific Division with a playoff spot clinched and two more regular season games to go, the ’Birds are flying high.
UBC will have a lot to think about this week following two tough losses. They will look to regroup before next weekend’s home-stand versus the University of Regina Cougars.
The silver-lining of the match was that — although considered a ‘must win’ game for UBC — the T-Birds still qualify for the Canada West Final Four with a bonus point (awarded to teams for losing by less than seven points).
“We like to try new things, so that means that if you have no experience hiking…, then we make sure that the hike we have is suited.”
The fourth-year kinesiology major continues to show that she is an invaluable part of the cross-country roster, putting up a time of 17:48.9.
Although her ability has a great say in the matter, both Williams' coaches were enthusiastically drawn to who she was a person and her effect on each respective team.
This past weekend, the ’Birds once again proved they are a force to be reckoned with as they defeated their rivals — the University Victoria Vikes — twice, clinching their 10th Canada West title in the last 11 years of Canada West play.
In Saturday’s match up, the T-Birds came out with a 6-4 victory over the Bisons, a strong start to their Canada West season. They would have hoped to carry that momentum over to Sunday's matinee, but did not succeed.
On Friday night, the men’s basketball team opened their season in emphatic fashion — claiming a 99-92 victory in exhibition play against the Bishop's Gaiters in the UBC Invitational.
Held on September 30 and October 1 this year, Jericho Beach was bustling with students, staff and faculty stroking to success.
“That’s a really great hockey team and we got to come out ready to play," UBC head coach Graham Thomas said.
“It’s in our hands, we go from beating a team two days ago 5-0 and then we do this -- we got to figure it out,” Thunderbirds captain Karn Phagura said.